I found my solution (should anyone be trying a similar thing).
I needed to add this to my code:
if(unscaledWidth <= this.measuredWidth) this.textField.scrollH = 0;
I overrode the updateDisplayList with the following ->
override protected function updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth:Number,
unscaledHeight:Number):void
{
super.updateDisplayList(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
if(unscaledWidth <= this.measuredWidth) this.textField.scrollH = 0;
}
Thanks to Josh Tynjala for his Auto-Resizing TextInput component on
the exchange. that is where I found my missing piece of code.
- Kevin
On Nov 6, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Kevin wrote:
I am trying to extend a TextInput component to resize itself as the
user types. I have overridden the "measure" function to calculate
the size correctly, and then I created a "handleChange" function
which calls "invalidateSize()" and recalculates the size as the
user types.
Here is the problem: horizontalScrollPosition
When the user types the text is automatically scolled to the left a
little bit which makes the first character unreadable. I am
assuming this is because the scroll position is getting calculated
before the new width is set and thus it is seeing that the bounding
box is too small. However, I can't seem to find out where this
calculation occurs and how to force it to calculate using the
updated width.
Any ideas? Has anyone creating something like this that I can look
at?
Thanks, Kevin
